Sunes jul explained

Genre:	Comedy, Family
Director:	Stephan Apelgren
Narrated:	Anders Jacobsson Sören Olsson
Theme Music Composer:	Thomas Lindahl
Country:	Sweden
Language:	Swedish
Num Episodes:	24
Producer:	Caisa Westling
Runtime:	15 minutes
Channel:	SVT1

Sunes jul (Swedish for Sune's Christmas) was the 1991 SVT Christmas calendar.^{[1] [2]} In 2004, it was later released to DVD. In 2007, it was voted the third best ever in Aftonbladet. It is based on the books series about the boy Sune by Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson.

The series was viewed by over 3,000,000 viewers, which at the time was an all-time record for SVT's Christmas calendar.^[3]

Castlist

• Andreas Hoffer as Karl Sune Rudolf Andersson
• Anders Jacobsson as Speaker
• Sören Olsson as Speaker
• Peter Haber as Rudolf Andersson
• Carina Lidbom as Karin Andersson
• Gabriel Odenhammar as Håkan Andersson
• Nina Almlöf as Anna Andersson
• Rebecka Liljeberg as Sophie Blixt
• Calle Torén as Sune's Friend
• Anette Stenson-Fjordefalk as the lady teacher
• Jimmy Karlsson as Jocke
• Pär Ericson as the Principal
• Måns Herngren as Staffan Stolledräng
• Åke Lindström as Santa Claus

Episodes

1. Julkortet (The Christmas Photography)
2. Sophie! (Sophie!)
3. Tjejgrej (Girly Thing)
4. Hockeyklubban (The Hockey Stick)
5. Skidvallan (The Ski Wax)
6. Skrik- och gapsjukan (Shout- and Gape Disease)
7. Partyt (The Party)
8. Julbordet (The Christmas Dinner)
9. Rollen (The Role)
10. Julspelet (The Nativity Play)
11. Varuhuset (The Department Store)
12. Krig! (War!)
13. Lucia (Saint Lucy)
14. Julbaket (The Christmas Baking)
15. Pulkapappa (Pulk Father)
16. Julstädning (Christmas Cleaning)
17. Farmor och farfar (Grandmother and Grandfather)
18. Julgranen (The Christmas Tree)
19. Julpynt (Christmas Decorations)
20. Skolavslutningen (The Graduation)
21. Julrim (Christmas Rhyme)
22. I kyrkan (In Church)
23. Dan-före-dan (The Day Before the Day)
24. Julafton (Christmas Eve)

Recording

Recordings began in March 1991.^[4]

Home video

In 1992 the series was released to VHS with the title "Sunes vecka", with rereleases in 1993 and 1999, and in 2002 it was released to DVD in two parts, with volume 1 in a red box and volume 2 in a green box. The film Sune's Summer was released to DVD on 20 October 2004, and in 2008 a DVD with both "Sunes jul" and "Sune's Summer was released", with both volumes on the same edition.^[5]

Episode 20; Skolavslutning, is not on any DVD edition.

Home video releases

Number	Title	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Release year
1	"Sunes vecka 1 : potatisgratäng"	Julkortet	Sophie	Skidvallan	Tjejgrej	Hockeyklubban	1992^[6]
2	"Sunes vecka 2 : morotsgratäng"	-	-	-	-	-	1992^[7]
3	"Sunes vecka 3 : broccoligratäng"	?	?	?	?	?	1992^[8]
4	"Sunes vecka 4 : ingen gratäng"	I kyrkan	Dan före dan	Julafton	-	-	1992^[9]

External links

• • The series at SVT's open archive
• Sören Olsson about Sunes jul at SVT*s open archive blog

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sunes jul. Swedish Media Database. Swedish. 1 December 1991. 21 September 2020.
2. Web site: Sunes jul. Swedish Media Database. Swedish. 24 December 1991. 21 September 2020.
3. Web site: Tre miljoner tittare följde "Sunes jul. Dagens nyheter. Swedish. Ann Helena Rudberg. 1 January 1992. 10 March 2015.
4. Web site: Nu fyller seriefiguren Sune 30 år. Nerikes Allehanda. Måns Uggla. Swedish. 12 December 2014. 1 April 2015.
5. Web site: Sunes jul. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 4 April 2011.
6. Web site: Sunes vecka : 1 : potatisgratäng. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 1992. 5 July 2015.
7. Web site: Sunes vecka : 2 : morotsgratäng. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 1992. 5 July 2015.
8. Web site: Sunes vecka : 1 : potatisgratäng. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 1992. 5 July 2015.
9. Web site: Sunes vecka : 4 : ingen gratäng. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 1992. 5 July 2015.